{"id":10748,"date":"2022-01-26T07:03:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T12:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=10748"},"modified":"2022-01-25T15:52:41","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T20:52:41","slug":"online-classes-welcome-to-the-missions-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=10748","title":{"rendered":"Online Classes: Welcome to the Missions Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Source: Touch the World<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/TMA_logoHorzV2_color-002.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/TMA_logoHorzV2_color-002-1024x415.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/TMA_logoHorzV2_color-002-1024x415.png 1024w, https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/TMA_logoHorzV2_color-002-300x122.png 300w, https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/TMA_logoHorzV2_color-002-768x311.png 768w, https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/TMA_logoHorzV2_color-002.png 1276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Some 1.5 million American Christians serve on short-term mission trips every year, but more than 95% of them receive little or no pre-trip training. The Missions Academy hopes to help change that. Their curated selection of online courses address topics like these:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A biblical understanding of missions<\/li><li>Methods for culturally sensitive ministry<\/li><li>An understanding of the complexities of poverty<\/li><li>A heart focused on service<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Access materials from anywhere, move at your own pace and interact with others preparing for mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Materials are designed with youth (over 12) and young adults in mind, but you should be able to use them with adults as well. It all feels agency-neutral (not specific to one brand or type of ministry) and is in line with the <a href=\"https:\/\/soe.org\/7-standards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Standards of Excellence in Short-Term Mission<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few mini-courses are free. Longer courses (still in bite-size pieces) range from US$17 to US$47 and are available in \u201cbundles\u201d of recommended training, or you can access all courses for US$9\/month. You can also purchase workbooks including a 30-day devotional and a re-entry journal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Touch the World also does in-person training and they are currently developing a global poverty simulation that can give your group a taste of what it\u2019s like to live on two dollars a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/touchtheworld.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more about Touch the World<\/a> or go right to <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.themissionsacademy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Missions Academy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Touch the World Some 1.5 million American Christians serve on short-term mission trips every year, but more than 95% of them receive little or no pre-trip training. The Missions Academy hopes to help change that. Their curated selection of online courses address topics like these: A biblical understanding of missions Methods for culturally sensitive &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=10748\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Online Classes: Welcome to the Missions Academy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resource-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10748"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10750,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10748\/revisions\/10750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}